Improvement in tile-laying mole-plows



S.H.REYNOLD&

v TILE-LAYING MOLE-PLOW. No .'178,957. Patented June 20,1876.;

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 178.957, dated June 20, 1876; application filed April 25, 1876. v

To'all whom it may concern: l

Beit known that I, S. H. REYNOLDS, of Hillsborough, in the county of Fountain and State of Indiana, have invented a new and The invention is an improvement in that class of mole-plows which are adapted to lay tileswithout opening a permanent ditch.

The invention relates to. the construction and arrangement of a lever for laying and adjusting the tiles or tile-sections, and the means for adjusting the pitch of thefurrow-tube and regulating the depth of the furrow.

A is the beam, through the middle of which is formed a mortise to receive the tube B,

I 1 through which the tiles are lowered, and the forward edge of whichis made V-shaped, as shown in Fig. 3, to enable it to pass through the soil readily. To the forward side of the lower end of the tube B is attached, or upon it is formed, a point or plow, O, which is madeflat upon its lower side, ovalupon its upper side,'and is tapered to a point. To the rear side of the tube B is attached, or upon it is formed, a tube E, open upon its bottom and outer end, through which the tiles are forced out. Dis a partition, placed in the tube B, near one side, to form a narrow compartment to receive the lever F, and prevent said lever and the tiles from interfering with each other. Near the bottom of the tube B the lever F is bent at right angles, passes through a curved slot in the partition D, and is widened vertically. into a plate. The lever F is pivoted near its upper end to the tube B, so that by. operating the lever F, after the tile has been placed in the bottom of thetube B, the said tile will be pushed out through the tube E into contact-with the pre vious tiles. Th tube B and its attachments are raised and Powered to lay the tile at any Fig. 3 is desired depth in the ground by the screw G, which passes through a nut rigidly attached to f the said tube B, and the forward end of' which rests upon the beam A, or upon, a plate at tached to said beam; The pitch of the point Uis adjustable by the screw H, attached to the lower part of the tube B, and which passes through an inclined hole iii the beam A,.and is screwed-into a long nut, l, swiveled to the standard J. The standard J is rigidly attached to the beam A. d To the beam A, in front of the tube B, is attached a cutter, K,

to cut sods, roots, &c., in front of the said tube B, so that it may readily pass through the ground. The soil pressed aside by the passage of the tube B is pressed back and packed upon the tiles by the plates or "plows L, attached to the rear part of the beam A.

The forward end of the beam A is supported by a gage-wheel, M,'which rolls along the surface-of the ground, and is pivoted to the lower endvot' the'standard'N, which passes up through a hole in the. beam A, and is sup-- ported adjustablyby a pin passing through a hole in the beam A, and through a hole of a seriesof holes: formed.through the said standard.

stud, P, attached tothe beam A, so that the gage-wheel M N may be raised and lowered by operating the said lever O. Y Tothe forward endof the beam A is attached a clevis, Q, to

which the power is applied by means of a capstan or other convenient means. It is a book,

which passes through a slot in the lower end of the bar S, and is pivoted to said bar. To 1 the rear end or shank of the hook R is pivoted the lower end'of a rod, T, that passes through a keeper attached to the bar S. I 7

By this construction, by pressing'the'rod T downward the book R will be raised so that it may be'passed over a tile, as shown in Fig. 6.. Then, by drawing the rod T upward, the hook it will be made to clasp the-tile-so that it may be raised and lowered through the tube R, released by pushing l the'rod T downward, v

and left iuproperposition to be pushed back by the lever F. 3- Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters. Patent, is+- To ,the'said standard is pivoted the end of a lever, O, which is pivoted to a livery-tube E, of the lever Ffbent laterallyat itslower end, and pivoted between the side audpartitiou ofsaid tjub e B, as s hownand dejsicribed. The combination, with the tube BE, of Witnesses: i the "vertical screw G and inclined screw H,

nut I, and standard J whereby the tube may 

